Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wretton, Norfolk

Wretton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Norfolk

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
CARTER3611.009265.59
STANNARD247.33941,052.63
SPINKS216.4220950.23
ENGLISH123.6697195.12
HARRISON113.363915.15
WHITE92.75238.56
JACKSON92.75239.85
RICHARD82.4465283.69
ANDERTON82.4465206.19
DOUGHTY82.4465192.31
BROWN72.14073.25
ELY72.1407406.98
CULLEN61.8349104.71
BOWERS61.8349100.50
JOHNSON51.52914.55
SMITH41.22320.87
BARLOW30.917416.99
WILSON30.91742.00
PARLETT30.9174967.74
CLARK30.91743.05
RICHARDSON30.91745.39
FLETCHER30.91748.04
LAKE20.611627.59
EASTER20.6116151.52
ANDERSON20.61163.10
HARROD20.6116181.82
STEWARD20.611647.62
COOK20.61163.08
FREEMAN20.61169.58
EAGLE20.6116110.50
POWLEY20.6116198.02
FLOWER20.611662.70
LANCASTER20.611624.60
POND20.6116125.79
CORK20.611682.64
FULLER20.611615.12
SECKER10.3058133.33
BELL10.30581.63
JAMES10.30581.56
PAYNE10.30583.40
MATHEWS10.30588.28
MANN10.30585.80
RICHES10.305826.74
KING10.30581.40
WATSON10.30581.32
CROSS10.30584.44
MARTIN10.30581.24
WHITEHEAD10.30584.52
HARVEY10.30582.86
TRUNDLE10.3058322.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PARLET0.3332710000.0000
STANNARD0.333271052.6316
PARLETT0.33327967.7419
SPINKS0.33327950.2262
STANARD0.33327833.3333
ELY0.33327406.9767
TRUNDLE0.33327322.5806
RICHARD0.33327283.6879
ANDERTON0.33327206.1856
POWLEY0.33327198.0198
ENGLISH0.33327195.1220
DOUGHTY0.33327192.3077
HARROD0.33327181.8182
EASTER0.33327151.5152
SECKER0.33327133.3333
POND0.33327125.7862
EAGLE0.33327110.4972
CULLEN0.33327104.7120
BOWERS0.33327100.5025
CORK0.3332782.6446
CARTER0.3332765.5857
FLOWER0.3332762.6959
STEWARD0.3332747.6190
LAKE0.3332727.5862
RICHES0.3332726.7380
LANCASTER0.3332724.6002
BARLOW0.3332716.9875
HARRISON0.3332715.1536
FULLER0.3332715.1172
JACKSON0.333279.8479
MANNING0.333279.6154
FREEMAN0.333279.5785
WHITE0.333278.5625
MATHEWS0.333278.2781
FLETCHER0.333278.0364
MANN0.333275.8038
RICHARDSON0.333275.3889
JOHNSON0.333274.5508
WHITEHEAD0.333274.5249
CROSS0.333274.4444
PAYNE0.333273.3979
BROWN0.333273.2474
ANDERSON0.333273.0965
COOK0.333273.0793
CLARK0.333273.0522
HARVEY0.333272.8645
WILSON0.333271.9976
BELL0.333271.6273
JAMES0.333271.5569
KING0.333271.4031

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 327 people called PARLET in Wretton at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 10000.0000 in Wretton means that 10000.0000% of the people in Wretton on census day were called PARLET.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PARLET in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called PARLET as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called PARLET here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called PARLET here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Wretton means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PARLET in Wretton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wretton in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ANDERSON (2)  ANDERTON (8)  BARLOW (3)  BELL (1)  BOWERS (6)  BRIXTON (5)  BROWN (7)  CARTER (36)  CLARK (3)  COOK (2)  CORK (2)  CROSS (1)  CROSS (WILSON) (2)  CULLEN (6)  DOUGHTY (8)  EAGLE (2)  EASTER (2)  ELY (7)  FIZJOHN (3)  FLETCHER (3)  FLOWER (2)  FULLER (2)  FREEMAN (2)  GATHERCOL (1)  GATHERCOLE (GATHERCOL) (12)  GATHERCOLE (6)  HARRISON (11)  HARROD (2)  HARVEY (1)  HEWING (7)  ENGLISH (12)  JACKSON (9)  JAMES (1)  JARROD (5)  JOHNSON (5)  KELLINGRAY (7)  KING (1)  LAKE (2)  LANCASTER (2)  LYNDOE (5)  MANN (1)  MANNING (1)  MARTIN (1)  MATHEWS (1)  MURFITT (6)  PARLETT (3)  PARLET (1)  PAYNE (1)  POND (2)  POWLEY (2)  RANDALE (1)  RICHARD (8)  RICHARDSON (3)  RICHES (1)  RUDLAND (5)  SECKER (1)  SHACKLES (4)  SMITH (4)  SPINKS (21)  STANNARD (24)  STANARD (1)  STARTING (1)  STEWARD (2)  TINGAY (9)  TOKELOVE (4)  TRUNDLE (1)  WATSON (1)  WHITE (9)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WILSON (3) 

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